mystification

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Corporate media coverage of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the collapse of the country's U.S.-backed government has offered audiences more mystification than illumination.

From Salon

Its enjoyment lies less in the story, but in the marvelous mystification of its telling.

From Washington Post

You could hear the searching in his voice, the mystification over where all the fairy dust went from his swing.

From Washington Post

It sounds pompous, and as a buzzword, it can serve as a mystification, tempting leaders to formulate glib doctrines or to rely excessively on reputed wise men, like George Kennan or Henry Kissinger.

From Los Angeles Times

In short, the notion that either student debt forgiveness or “baby bonds,” taken separately or in combination, will erase the racial wealth gap would be sheer mystification.

From New York Times